Improvement in spring bed-bottoms



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lmprov'errnent in Sprin-'g Bed Bottoms.

PatentediMarchl2,1872.

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SAMUEL M. GUEST, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO WILLIAM A. LE ROW, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPRING BED-BOTTQMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,436, dated March 12, 1872.

SPEoIFroATro N.

To whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. GUEST, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State oflllinois, have invented certain Improvements in Spring-Beds 5 and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which, together with the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, forms part of this specification, and in which- Figure l represents a top or plan view of my invention; Fig. 2, a section on the line x w of Fig. l, and Fig. 3, an end view of Fig. l.

Like letters of reference made use ofin the several iigures indicate like parts.

Nature of the Intention..

General Description.

In the drawing, A is the foundation framework, upon which the superstructure of cushions, &c., rests. B are upright standards, formed with a shank or pin at the bottom to enterahole in the wood ofthe frame-work, and having cavities at the top to receive and retain the hollow elastic cushions. O are the elastic cushions,

which may be of any shape found desirable, being always inflated and sealed. These cushions rest in or upon the standards B, arranged to receive andlretain them. Any number of these cushions may be employed, being arranged throughout the whole extent of the bed at proper intervals in such manner as may be found desirable, so that the whole surface of the bed shall be equally elastic, and duly supported. D is a light, wooden, rectangular frame-work, supporting a web, E, of cedar splints 5 other wood may, of course, be used 5' but I prefer to employ an odorous wood like cedar, on account of its being obnoxious to vermin. This web is woven iu the manner of a basket web, and is exceedingly light, being easily lifted and moved from the springs, and

is, moreover, in itself highly elastic. This web of wood splints rests directly upon the cushions, oiferin ga smooth lsurface for the bedding.

I am aware that inflated pillows and mattresses of India rubber or similar material are old and well known in the art 5 and I am also aware that the seats of chairs, sofas, settees, Src., have long been covered with a basket web of wood splints 5 such, however, is not my invention.

Claims.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The independent hollow cushions C, arranged to form an elastic surface, substantially as speciiied.

2. The combination of the frame-work A, standards B with their cup-shaped heads, cushions O, and web E, substantially as specified.

3. The elastic web D of Woven wood splints, in combination with the springs of a bed-bottom, substantially as specified.

SAMUEL M. GUEST.

Vitnesses:

J. W. MUNDAY, l?. ROBERTS. 

